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Moving on to InsaneJournal
After a long period of silence, I’ve been feeling the urge to resume journaling/blogging again ( Read more... ) -
a sense of perspective: how large is one thousand? one million? one billion? one trillion?
Large numbers are difficult for us to grasp the magnitude of. Oh, we can use logic and mathematics to intellectually designate their size, but emotionally, anything above the "thousand" designation tends to fall into a general "really really really big" category. Exactly how large is one thousand? one million? one billion? one trillion? It's ( Read more... ) -
G.K. Chesterton [Reformatted)
I’ve started a new “community” of sorts, dedicated to a fresh presentation of G.K. Chesterton’s writings, reformatted for the medium of the world-wide web. You can read the full description of the community’s purpose on its profile page.
gkc_reformatted
I’ve only just started, but you’re invited to take a look and let me know what you think so far! (I recommend ( Read more... ) -
the Rassilon we should have had
Since the throwaway mention of Rassilon in "The Deadly Assassin", many Doctor Who writers have attempted to flesh out the picture of this quasi-mythical figure from Gallifrey's history, culminating (at least for me) in an extended appearance by Rassilon himself in the Big Finish audio "Neverland". (The less said about his brief cameo in "The Five ( Read more... ) -
The Trial of a Mystery Science Theater Prisoner - Part 1
(Warning: If you're not familiar with the fandoms referenced in the title, this probably won't make a whole lot of sense to you. Proceed with caution!)
THE TRIAL OF A MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER PRISONER
PART 1
SOMEWHERE IN SPACE
(An enormous spaceship floats somewhere in outer space. Lettering spelling out "NOT-SO-DEEP 13" can just barely be ( Read more... ) -
MyHorrendouslyFormattedSpace
(Apologies in advance to all my friends who have a MySpace account, this isn’t aimed at you. Well, hopefully not, anyway.) ;)Is there a law somewhere that says MySpace profile pages have to be formatted in such horrendously awful ways? I’ve lost count of how many profiles I’ve looked at with terrible text/background combinations (which I’m sure ( Read more... ) -
“New Who” debuts in the US…
…and I still haven’t finished watching the copies of the episodes I’ve had since early last year.
I know it’s illogical, but I don’t like the idea of people forming their first impressions of what Doctor Who is, based on the new series. I know that New Who is the only plausible conduit via which people can discover Doctor Who in today’s television ( Read more... ) -
Casting my own American HHGTTG, Part 2
Many months ago, back around the time of the HHGTTG movie coming out, I commented in purpleacv's journal about how I thought Bob Newhart would make an excellent Arthur Dent. Newhart's style of dry humor and ability to play those essential bewildered aspects of the role still make him an ideal choice in my mind.
Earlier this evening I was chatting with morgeil, ( Read more... ) -
I am MEGLOS! (cue suitably creepy ratchet-like sound)
Part of the "fun" of moving is discovering things you forgot you'd acquired over the years. Upon discovering that I have apparently "borrowed" a few of the family's Fourth Doctor videotapes, I decided to settle down and watch a story or two from Season 18. As the title of this entry implies, I just finished watching "Meglos ( Read more... ) -
"Why haven't you finished watching the new Doctor Who series yet?"
Thanks to a good friend, I have copies of all 13 new Who episodes. However, I have watched only two of them. (One on purpose, the other by accident -- as the old saying goes, I'll explain later ( Read more... )